Coin dispenser



, J. BAUER ET AL ,111,832

com DISPENSER.

Filed March 26, 1936 John Baue NTORS ATTORNEY.

2i111,832 I 7 COIN DISPENSER John Bauer, Snnnys ide, and Max Gran, New' York, N. Y. a

' jumrgo.sTATEs rA reNroF l Application March 26, 1936, serial 11546.91 3

- Another object of 'th'inventi0n resides in the.

provision of -a'coin dispenser which is loaded within ahandbag-or a muff; without the necessityfor the removal ofany parts.

'A further'obj ect of the invention is the provision of a coin dispenser of thenature' described wherein one coin at a time is capable of being removed upon the-application of pressure. 8 These objects and-otherincidental-ends and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear in the 'progress of the disclosure and as pointed out in the appended claims.

Accompanying this specification is a drawing 5 showing preferred forms of the invention, and

wherein corresponding reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

In accordance with the drawing Figure 1 is a 30 view in perspective showing a dispenser secured in a ladys handbag.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the coin dispenser shown in Figure 1 with the cover thereof removed. Figure 3 is a sectional view of Figure 2 along 35 the plane 3-3 thereof, the said Figure 3 showing,

however, the cover member in transverse section.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary plan view inverted of the upper vertical leg shown in Figure 2 and depicting a gravity stopping device.

40 Figure 5 is a fragmentary view in perspective showing a ladys handbag with a coin dispenser of another shape mounted therein.

In accordance with the invention, numeral l0 represents a handbag showing a coin dispenser 45 therein mounted, the feeding portion of the coin dispenser being within the handbag while the coin extracting receptacle penetrates an edge of the handbag. The dispenser is preferably affixed to the handbag between the lining and the inner 50 facing of the body or leather portions thereof by any means of aflixation, said means, however, not being shown on the drawing.

The coin dispenser comprises a continuous and enclosed fiat channel having a feeding and upper 55 vertical leg, a communicating magazine leg obliquely disposed thereto and a downwardly discomprised of a single sheetof metal having a 10':

feeding and upper. vertical leg l5, a communicating magazine leg ll downwardly and obliquely disposed thereto, the said leg I! reversing itself as at .28 and proceeding inwardly and obliquely as at 21. A vertically disposed dispensing leg 29 is in communication with channel 21. Legs l5, I1, 28, 21 and 29=.are defined by lateral Walls or flanges 4| and 42. Walls-4|! on the sheet metal lower portion of the coin dispenser serve respectively' as one of the limiting walls of legs I1, 28, 21 and 29. Dispensing leg 29.is rearwardly offset in a plane parallel tothe plane of the sheet metal lower. portioniin orderthat slide 30 .springably returnable therein has its upper surface on the same plane with the legs 21. Slide 30 near the upper end is provided with a slot 3| andan upwardly protruding lug 32 at the base of said slot. A spring 33 is connected to lug 32 and to the wall 4| forming the upper limit of leg 29. Along wall 4| of leg 29 and intermediate the ends there- 30 of is affixed a stop 35, the said stop controlling the maximum outstretched position of slide 30 by engaging a corner lug 34 of the slide. The said stop 35 functions also to keep slide 39 against the surface of leg 29. At the lower end of slide 35 39, which normally projects beyond the lower edge of leg 29, is provided a coin stop having a spaced upper narrow wall 31, a lower end wall 38 and an outer side wall 36 slidable along wall 4| of leg 29. The lower wall of the stop is served by 40 slide 30, the said slide 30 at the lower inner corner being cut out in the form of a curve 49. By pulling out slide 39 as shown in dot and dash lines on Figure 2, the coin may be removed.

Between the vertically disposed feeding leg I5 and oblique leg I! are means to prevent escape of coins when the device is inverted. Between the inner edges of legs l5 and I1 is an extension IS. A pin 20 is affixed to extension l9 and. carries a pivoting small curved arm 2|. The limits of movement of the arm 2| are provided by the end of wall 42 in leg I5 and a wall 22 on the inner edge of extension l9. Another pin 23 is afiixed to leg 15 near the outer wall 4| and carries a pivoting and larger arm 24. Wall 4| is broken as at 26 to permit arm 24 to rotate and also to serve as a stop when said arm is in inverted position.

l6 indicates the feeding entrance to leg l5 and may be rearwardly offset for a distance to give this portion added width for receiving a few coins at a time.

The cover member of the device described is shown on Figure 1 with engaging fingers attached to the cover member. The cover member is provided with counterparts l5, I1, 28', 21' and 30'.

Where the coin slot is desired to be manipulated from a side of a handbag or other receptacle, the dispensing leg may be arranged as shown in Figure 5. The oblique leg I1 is in communication with an oblique dispensing leg by an intermediate leg 44. r

It is to be observed that the slide 30 at the upper part of the lateral inner edge is provided with a wall 38 and an end stop thereof 38" which stops the descent of coins 43 from leg 21 when the slide 30 is in outstretched position. The end stop 38" prevents the passage of morethan one coin onto slide 38 as shown in Figure 2. When the slide 30 is in maximum outstretched position as shown in dot and dash lines on Figure 2, the coin 43 is in position to be removed by the fingers. In order that another coin be'removed the slide 30 must be released for further feeding. Thus one coin at a time is capable of being withdrawn from the coin slot 31. The outer side wall 36 is provided with an offset portion 41 along the width thereof and opposite to an indented portion 46 of wall 42 between the outer walls of legs 21 and 29. Thus from an inspection of Figure 2 the lowermost coin when the slide 30 is in a normal position is held in place between offset 4'! and indentation 46, the distance between the said two parts being less than the diameter of the coin. However, when the slide 30 is in the maximum or outstretched" position the alignment between offset 41 and in-' dentation 46 is broken, thereby permitting the coin to drop down to end wall 38. Thus has been described, a coin dispenser,

which is fed from the interior of a handbag or other receptacle. The dispenser has a magazine for coins, so that when fed, a series of coins are in readiness to be removed without opening the handbag or receptacle.

We wish it understood that minor changes and variations in the integration, construction and position of the several parts, together with the material thereof, may all be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention and the scope of the appended claims.

We claim:

1. A coin dispenser comprising a continuous and enclosed channel having a feeding and upper vertical leg, a communicating magazine leg obliquely disposed thereto, a downwardly disposed and rearwardly offset dispensing leg, a springably returnably mounted slide within the said dispensing leg, the surface of said slide being co-planar with the surface of the feeding and communicating legs, a coin receptacle affixed to the said slide, means to prevent escape of coins between the feeding and upper vertical leg and the magazine leg when the dispenser is inverted.

2. A coin dispenser comprising a continuous and enclosed channel having a feeding and upper vertical leg, a communicating magazine leg obliquely disposed thereto, a downwardly disposed and rearwardly offset dispensing leg, a springably returnably mounted slide within the said dispensing leg, the surface of said slide being 00- planar with the surface of the feeding and communicating legs, a coin receptacle aflixed to the said slide, means to prevent escape of coins between the feeding and upper vertical leg and the magazine leg when the dispenser is inverted and a stopping member along an edge of the said slide to prevent passage of coins from the magazine leg to the coin receptacle when the slide is withdrawn to maximum outstretched position for the removal of a coin.

' JOHN BAUER.

MAX GRAU. 

